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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Gospel
In Spotlight, Boston Globe journalists uncover the Catholic Church's systematic cover-up of child abuse. They share their roof with survivors, listen to painful stories, bring hidden wickedness into light.
In Babette's Feast, two elderly Danish sisters take in Babette, a French refugee, as their cook. For fourteen years she serves them plain food. When she wins the lottery, she spends it all on one magnificent French feast for the...
Martha, Mary, and Lazarus The sisters Martha and Mary lived with their brother Lazarus in Bethany, near Jerusalem; Jesus loved and spent time with this family.
Mary, Mother of Jesus Mary, the wife of Joseph, was the virgin mother of Jesus. Luke tells us that as a young girl in Nazareth, Mary was betrothed to Joseph, a local carpenter.
In Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski is a racist Korean War veteran who despises his Hmong neighbors. When gang violence threatens the teenage boy next door, Walt—the last person who should help—becomes the unlikely savior. He gives his life protecting people he once hated.
He depicts "them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death"—not wanderers moving frantically, but travelers *benighted*, huddled together, afraid to move.
This is no mere coincidence of timing, but the visible sign of a profound spiritual principle: unbelief seals the mouth; faith unlocks it.
The Kim family lives in a basement apartment that floods with sewage. The Park family lives on a hill in architectural splendor. When Ki-taek, the poor father, asks what the rich Mr. Park's plan is, he answers: "I never make plans.
The prohibition is not against reasonable foresight, but against anxious foreboding, that wretched state in which a man is 'rent asunder' by care.
While our Lord spoke of the Holy Spirit's aid and the blessing of angels' acknowledgment, this hearer's mind never left his father's inheritance dispute.
In Dallas Buyers Club, Ron Woodroof—a rodeo cowboy dying of AIDS—becomes an unlikely advocate for HIV patients. Homophobic and self-destructive, Ron initially wants only to save himself. But smuggling medicine transforms him. He befriends Rayon, a transgender woman he once would have despised.
In The Blind Side, Leigh Anne Tuohy sees a large Black teenager walking alone in the rain. She could drive past—most would. Instead, she stops. "Do you have a place to stay tonight?" Michael Oher becomes family. "Go and do...
Luke 18:1-8 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.
Luke 14:25-33 shows that freedom is received by faith, not achieved by effort—today, not someday.
Luke 18:1-8 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.
Luke 10:38-42 refuses shallow life; holiness is deep healing—today, not someday.
In Luke 10:38-42, the Spirit turns ordinary people into bold messengers of Jesus—today, not someday.
When Luke 13:10-17 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Luke 16:19-31 calls us back to the historic faith: repentance, trust in Christ, and life shaped by Scripture.
Luke 18:9-14 declares that oppression is not permanent when God is present—today, not someday.
Luke 11:1-13 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.
In Luke 13:10-17, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.
Luke 17:5-10 whispers hope: prevenient grace is already at work, drawing you toward life—today, not someday.
In Luke 14:25-33, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.